![]() The curious thing is that on both occasions the question, “where,” was asked by a follower: where have they put him? Where are you going?”Īs we know, often, in Scripture, a question is answered with another question. We don’t know the time for sure, but we see, once again that we cannot look at scripture as history as we know history.įor me, there are two challenging questions in Easter-time scripture readings. A scripture scholar answered the obvious question: “When was it, really?” “It probably was Easter Sunday night, but the day was so jam-packed, that Luke decided to spread the events out over 40 days in his acts. At the beginning of his second book, the Acts of the Apostles, Luke places it 40 days later. At the end of his first book, his Gospel, he places the ascension on Easter Sunday night. Luke alone among the Gospel writers, describes the Ascension of Our Lord, which we celebrate today. Wishing you and all Ascension Day.THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD (May 26/May 29, 2022) ![]()
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